80+ Groups Have Message for Biden: ‘No War With Iran!’
“It is not in the national interest for the U.S. to be led into a war with Iran,” the groups stressed.
Syndicate of Bus drivers of Tehran rejects war
Statement from the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Middle East
The Teachers’ Union of Iran (Tehran) Condemning the Spread of War and Killing in the Middle East
The Analytical Statement of the Teachers’ Trade Association of Tehran (The Teachers’ Union of Iran (Tehran)) Condemning the Spread of War and Killing in the Middle East
Skyrocketing prices of essential food items drives more low-income households in Iran into poverty!
According to a BBC report on 24 October 2024, 30% of the Iranian population live below the poverty line. Yet Iran is one of the richest countries in West Asia with huge oil, gas, and mineral resources. The policies of the […]
Interview: The Ongoing Struggle of Iran’s Teachers
Shiva Ameli-Rad, Leading Advocate for Teachers’ Rights in Iran, speaks About the Teachers’ Movement and the Woman Life Freedom Uprising One of the most active female advocates for teacher’s rights in Iran, Shiva Ameli-Rad began her activities in 2005 in […]
March 3rd, 2016 
CODIR Calls for the immediate release of trade union leader, Reza Shahabi, from prison!
Reza Shahabi, board member of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Workers’ Syndicate, sentenced to one year imprisonment and the Court of Appeal confirmed the sentence Background information: In December 2014 Reza Shahabi was summoned to Evin prison’s prosecutor office, while he […]
Iran: what does ending sanctions mean for workers?
22 Feb 2016, By Owen Tudor UPDATE – 23 February: Almost immediately this post went live, we heard the depressing news that teachers’ union leader Ismail Abdi (see earlier posts about his case and about Amnesty International designating him a […]
Iran’s Nobel Peace Laureate Speaks From Exile
“Human rights activists do not have the right to lose hope,” says Iran human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi. —By Bryan Schatz Mon Feb. 29, 2016 6:00 AM EST Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi Domenech […]
International unions condemn arrests in Iran
25th Febuary 2016 Press Release For Immediate Use The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has this week protested against a new wave of arrests by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which further undermine its human rights record, […]
Parliamentary elections in Iran: an interview with FIDH President Karim Lahidji
On 26 February 2016, parliamentary elections are to be held in Iran. Karim Lahidji, President of FIDH and of the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran, answers questions about these elections and their possible impact in Iran. […]
Iranian workers struggle for justice
25.02.2016 Maziyar Gilaninejhad of the Union of the Metalworkers and Mechanics of Iran (UMMI) talks about the challenges and struggles of Iranian workers, and the likely effects of the nuclear deal on the economy. Q: The economic situation in Iran […]
Elections in Iran – The great candidate cull
Choose any candidate you like—after the mullahs have excluded reformers THE Islamic Republic of Iran, as its name suggests, has been a curious amalgam of people-power and theocracy from the start. For most of its 37 years clerics have firmly […]
A portrait of Iran’s incomplete revolution
Nearly four decades after the 1979 revolution in Iran, the story of two cellmates from the first political women’s prison symbolises an incomplete revolution, argues Soheil Asefi.
Iran: Rejected female candidates risk backlash in small towns
Source: Radio Zamaneh The Iranian president’s advisor on women’s affairs, Fahimeh Farahmanpour, has expressed grave concern over the Guardian Council’s widespread disqualification of women running in the parliamentary elections. Farahmandpour told ISNA on Tuesday February 9 that the widespread elimination […]
IndustriALL Global Union calls on Government of Iran to intervene at Khatoon Abad Copper Mines
Mr. Hassan Rouhani President Islamic Republic of Iran Email: media@rouhani.ir; mission.iran@ties.itu.int Dear Mr. President Hassan Rouhani, I am writing to you on behalf of IndustriALL Global Union, which represents more than 50 million workers in mining, energy […]
